Idioms powerpoint with animation - idiom appears first, then pictures can provide clues, and finally the English translation appears. Fun lesson starter.

Powerpoints for lesson starters. The Spanish idiom, and the pictures appear before the English, to allow pupils to guess. The word document contains some of the idioms from powerpoints but no English - suitable for a quiz. Feedback welcomed.

Powerpoint introducing food idioms. Firstly a picture appears to illustrate the French vocabulary contained in the idiom. Then, if appropriate, a picture appears to illustrate what the idiomatic English translation would be. The worksheet encourages pupils to do literal and idiomatic translations.

Intended for my National 5 class to prepare for the writing exam, but suitable for any class learning to write job applications. In the second document, the first page contains instructions for pupils and refers to phrases on the coloured paper. These are the phrases on the same page, which I copy onto coloured paper and cut up. I also cut out all of the Spanish and English phrases on the next pages.

Authentic menus from two Andalusian restaurants - Meson Cervantes in Malaga and Restaurante San Nicolas in Granada. I chose them because they were not too difficult. I have retyped the former, and highlighted in bold the key words to make it more accessible. Pupils could use this as the basis of a role play, or a vocabulary search exercise, etc.

Created for my (Scottish) Higher class as extra exam practice. The word document contains questions, transcript and marking scheme. Feedback welcomed!

Powerpoint with authentic reading text to accompany. Good for group activity / cooperative learning activity, e.g. jigsaw lesson or 'expert groups'. Using the longer word document, learners could be asked to match the texts to the pictures, in which case you could cut out the pictures and remove the letters.

Sample writing papers for SQA N5 Spanish paper 1. (Write a letter of application for the job advertised, providing the information asked for in the bullet points.) Thanks to ceanna as her sample papers for French got me started.

A picture illustrating the Spanish vocabulary used in the idioms will appear. Then, if appropriate, a picture may appear to help learners guess the idiomatic English translation.

A co-operative learning lesson plan with accompanying resources. Lesson starts with pupils viewing trailers on Internet and then doing reading task.

By filling in this table, pupils are required to implement the stages required to form the imperfect tense in a logical and systematic way. They have to write the 'nous' part of the present tense, then the stem, then show that they can conjugate the imperfect. My pupils responded well and the method seemed to work.

Created for National 5 (Curriculum for Excellence, Scotland). Practice reading assessment.

A powerpoint giving information of interest to visitors to Lyon, including location, history, culture, festivals, food, sport. There is a quiz at the end of the ppt. The accompanying worksheet is a slightly simplified version of the text of the ppt with an information finding activity.

Transcripts of some of the best videos from the site www.mangerbouger.fr. Authentic resource, not aimed at FL learners.

Reading practice, writing practice and vocabulary list focusing on attitudes to earning and spending money and with quite sophisticated language.

Fun lesson starter - pupils could copy phrases into exercise books and try and translate, before practising saying phrases. Aim is to promote good pronunciation, which in turn promotes effective listening.

Created as reading for National 5 (Scottish Qualifications Authority), and based on tourist office information/holiday brochures.

This document can be photocopied as a reference book for pupils preparing to sit Paper 1 of the Higher exam. There are no English translations provided, so pupils have to write them in themselves as a homework exercise. It's fairly comprehensive.

Designed for National 5 (Curriculum for Excellence, Scotland). Aim is to develop reading skills and vocabulary as well as writing skills.

Three ppts - one with an imaginary family of celebrities, giving ages, a second one giving ages and dates of birth, and the final one also giving a full description of the person. Animation in the first two ppts means that pupils can write the missing age/DOB in Spanish on mini whiteboards. The worksheet is for pupils to fill in with their own famous family members and their ages and dates of birth, after viewing the relevant ppt, and before creating their own ppt, or they could fill in the information whilst listening to the teacher reading out the information in the ppt.

Pupils have to try to match the information to the categories. A good way of introducing information about life in Spain and places of interest in Spain. Can stimulate discussion.